Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amdahl!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: handwriting Message-ID: <666@rtech.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 06:30:33 EDT Article-I.D.: rtech.666 Posted: Sun Sep 29 06:30:33 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 08:16:19 EDT References: <653@deepthot.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 27 > > Why does it SEEM to be a standard rule that the handwriting of women > is far superiour to that of men? While a women'n writing is usually quite > elegant with lovely rounded characters, the scrawl from men's pens is usually > illegible. Stranger still, while I know of men with "better than average" > script, I really can't think of any women who get complaints about their > handwriting. > (Lance Bailey @ UWO Comp Sci, London, Canada) But I *like* my scrawl. I think you're overstating it, but it's also my experience that it's unusual for a woman to have really terrible handwriting, just as it is unusual for a man to have really elegant handwriting. I think women in our society are taught to pay a lot more attention to how things look than men do. This goes for personal appearance and the appearance of surroundings. This is just a generalization, so no flames, please. I've noticed that my handwriting has really deteriorated over the past few years. I think this is because I do almost all my writing on the computer. Has anyone else had this experience? -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com